@inproceedings{6e299ebc103848ac8a4ad2d9b0f7cc0b,
title = "Towards Data-Driven Science Literacy: Extracting Psycholinguistic Markers in Vaping-Related Online Peer Interactions",
abstract = "Social media debates on e-cigarettes raise public health concerns due to evolving evidence and conflicting guidelines. We analyzed 25,127 vaping-related comments to explore how users discuss vaping-related topics. Our analysis revealed 25 topics grouped into three parent topics: positive effects of vaping, negative effects of vaping, and vaping-related news \& information. Significant differences were observed in psycholinguistic characteristics with high emotional exchanges as positive and negative effects of e-cigarettes are debated. Our results can inform interventions promoting science literacy and misinformation resistance.",
keywords = "Science literacy, e-cigarettes, social media, topic modeling",
author = "Michael Truong and Ahmed Abdelhameed and Tavleen Singh and Kirk Roberts and Sahiti Myneni",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2025 The Authors.; 20th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2025 ; Conference date: 09-08-2025 Through 13-08-2025",
year = "2025",
month = aug,
day = "7",
doi = "10.3233/SHTI251189",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Studies in Health Technology and Informatics",
publisher = "IOS Press BV",
pages = "1736--1737",
editor = "Househ, \{Mowafa S.\} and Househ, \{Mowafa S.\} and Tariq, \{Zain Ul Abideen\} and Mahmood Al-Zubaidi and Uzair Shah and Elaine Huesing",
booktitle = "MEDINFO 2025 - Healthcare Smart x Medicine Deep",
address = "Netherlands",
}